Killing of Mary Lizzie Norris in Alabama in 1947

Incident

Case summary

Mary Lizzie Norris, 22 years old, a wife and mother of three who worked in the home, was killedin 1947 by Albert Huey, a mill worker in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Huey, apparently angered that Australia Farrow, a Black man, had hit him over the head with a stick, went on a rampage in the Black section of Camphill, hitting women on the head with his gun and chasing them off the porches and out of their houses. Norris, who was pregnant, could not escape Huey, who shot and killed her.

Victim(s):

Alleged perpetrators/other named individuals:
Perpetrator group type: police

Date of incident: 1947-05-04
Location: Camp Hill, Tallapoosa County, Alabama
Location type: private space - commercial
Allegation against victim: in the line of fire as Huey started shooting up the town following a dispute with a black GI

Coroner process
Coroner/inquest: [ ]
Finding of no legal responsibility: [ ]

Criminal process
Arrest: yes
Charge/indictment/information: [ ]
Grand jury: [ ]
Trial: no
Conviction: [ ]
Sentence: [ ]


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